TheBritishpeoplearefamousforbeingquitereserved(保守的).Weareknownaroundtheworldforhavingthebiggest"personal1"?thedistancebetweenusandthepersonweare2to.Ihave3beenmoreawareofthisthanoverth

　　TheBritishpeoplearefamousforbeingquitereserved(保守的).Weareknownaroundtheworldforhavingthebiggest"personal 1"?thedistancebetweenusandthepersonweare 2to.Ihave3beenmoreawareofthisthanoverthelastmonthsinceIarrivedinChina.GettingusedtoChinesecolleagues 4closebymeandevenplacingtheirhandsonmyarmisprovingquite 5.MynaturalBritishreactionisto 6backandmoveawayeventhoughIrealizeitisafriendlygesturebytheChineseperson.

　　Ihave 7manypeopleholdinghandsorputtingtheirarmsaroundeachotherastheywalkalongthestreetsofBeijing.ThiswouldrarelybeseenintheUKevenbetweenveryclosefriends.

　　And 8atsomeoneinBritainisconsideredvery 9.ButhereIfindmyselfbeingstaredatoften.It 10melongtorealizethiswasnotrudeinChinabuta 11ofcuriosity.

　　IvisitedDatonglastweekwherethelocalpeopleare 12usedtoWesterners.Anelderlywomancouldn'tbelieveher 13whenshesawme.And 14feeloffended(使不舒服)byherstaringatmeIwas 15toseehersmilebackwhenIsaid"Nihao."

　　WhenIvisitedoneofDatong'smiddleschoolstotalkaboutEnglishWeeklythestudentsaskedmeto 16theircopiesofthenewspaper.AndonegirlattheYungangGrottoesaskedtohaveherpicturetakenwithme.I 17likeacelebrity(名人)!

　　Ihave 18overthelastmonthhowtrueitisthattheBritisharevery 19.Wecanlearnalotabout 20fromChina'scultureandhabits.AndIamlearningmoreeveryday.

　　1.

　　A．feeling

　　B．secret

　　C．signal

　　D．space

　　2.

　　A．turning

　　B．talking

　　C．pointing

　　D．listening

　　3.

　　A．never

　　B．hardly

　　C．almost

　　D．always